FixMyStreet is a

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which enables anyone to run a

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for aggregating and reporting street problems, similar to

FixMyStreet.com FixMyStreet is a map based website and app by mySociety that helps people in the United Kingdom inform their local authority of problems needing their attention, such as potholes, broken streetlamps, etc. It is the UK instance of FixMyStreet. ...

. The

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FixMyStreet inspired similar sites in other countries: in order to prevent the need for people to write code from scratch, mySociety refined the FixMyStreet

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codebase, making it more generic, easier to install, and able to handle different maps, including

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. This process was kickstarted when the NUUG funded the development of a Norwegian version FiksGataMi.FixMyStreet in Norway
mySociety blog, March 2011

References

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